How to prevent and cure sheep acidosis by eating too much concentrate

Sheep mainly eat coarse feed, eat concentrate can gain weight, but only for auxiliary materials, such as over-eating concentrate (corn, barley, rice, wheat bran, etc.), will lead to sheep rumen acidosis. The disease occurs quickly and often dies within 3-5 hours after the onset of the disease. Before the sheep died, they opened their mouths and stuck out their tongues, dropped their heads and kicked their legs, and cried loudly, and blood foam-like liquid flowed out of their mouths. The course of the disease is relatively slow, and the sheep are excited to drop their heads at the beginning of the disease, followed by depression, loss of appetite, loss of eyes, severe dehydration symptoms and diarrhea.

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The most effective way to prevent sheep acidosis is to feed concentrate in limited quantities. For sheep in urgent need of concentrate feeding, sodium bicarbonate of 2% of the total concentrate should be mixed into the diet. For sheep with acidosis, the following treatment measures can be taken:

⒈ injected the sheep intravenously with normal saline or 5% glucose and sodium chloride 250ml to increase blood volume.

⒉ injected the sheep with 10-20 ml of 5% sodium bicarbonate to relieve acidosis.

⒊ injected penicillin G sodium (potassium) 40 ~ 800000 units intramuscularly to prevent secondary infection in diseased sheep.

⒋ 20% mannitol or 25% sorbitol 25 ml can be infused intravenously when sick sheep show symptoms such as excitement, head falling and so on.

⒌ when the symptoms of sick sheep are relieved, but still lying on the ground can not afford, intravenous injection of 10-20 milliliters of calcium gluconate solution, supplement the blood calcium concentration of sheep, strengthen heart contraction, enhance resistance.